Quotes From the CBS News Story:

Matt Asner, son of CBS legend Ed Asner, poignantly stated, “You always see the news stories where people are crying about what they lost.” This highlights the urgent need for digital photo preservation in today’s changing climate.

Mitch Goldstone, CEO and Chief Photo Archivist at ScanMyPhotos added, “The urgency to go digital before the next natural disaster is real.” Our photo archival company can digitize 1,000 pictures in under five minutes and scan 35mm slides at one per second.

Jackie Doak, Director at Dart Enterprises Ltd., emphasized the significance of their project: “We realized this wasn’t just about storage but about preserving history.” She noted the emotional impact of the project, with people reacting to their scanned photos by saying, “Oh my gosh, we don’t have any photos because we lost them in Hurricane Ivan... a memory now preserved.”

Dave Malkoff, a CBS News national correspondent, provided crucial context: “When CBS legend Ed Asner died three years ago, it was up to his son, Matt Asner, to save family history from the kind of disaster that has become more common as the world heats up. Even governments are racing to save their history. The Cayman Islands scanning project was massive—347,000 photos. A memory now preserved.”